File:Artgate Fondazione Cariplo - Canova Antonio, Critone chiude gli occhi a Socrate.jpg
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Antonio Canova: Italiano: Critone chiude gli occhi a SocrateEnglish: Crito Closing the Eyes of Socrates
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Italiano: Critone chiude gli occhi a Socrate English: Crito Closing the Eyes of Socrates |
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| Description |
This is one of the three scenes devoted to the death of Socrates as narrated by Plato in Phaedo, for which Canova drew inspiration from Cesarotti’s translation, depicting them as a kind of layman’s Stations of the Cross. The artist does not indulge in narration, indeed, he eliminates all decorative elements and focuses entirely on tersely rendering the episode, with the intention of representing the classical spirit that is the well-spring of his art. The bas-relief was reproduced in an engraving by Pietro Fontana (engraver) and Joseph Collingnon (draughtsman): copperplate etching retouched with burin; 264 x 500 mm. Regarding the Rezzonico bas-reliefs, see entry for Justice. |
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| Date | between 1790 and 1792 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | gypsum | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | height: 123 cm (48.4 in); width: 263 cm (103.5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Italiano: Sezione I |
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BD00134AFC |
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| Notes | Domenico Sedini, Artgate Fondazione Cariplo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | Artgate Fondazione Cariplo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Permission (Reusing this file) |
   This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. Attribution: Fondazione Cariplo
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